# Steven Ellery

Steven Bruce Ellery (born 22 August 1974 in Melbourne) is a retired Australian racing driver known from V8 Supercars.

## Racing history
### Early career

Ellery started racing in karts before graduation to Formula Ford in 1992. After running near the front of the Formula Ford pack racing a Van Diemen in 1993 Ellery moved his family-run team into the Australian Manufacturers' Championship (later known as the Australian Super Touring Championship), driving first a Ford Sierra in 1994 then a BMW 318i in 1995. Ellery's appearance in an ex-Glenn Seton Racing Ford Sierra at the Amaroo Park Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC) round in 1994 remains the most recent entry of a non-V8 powered car in the championship.

### ATCC / V8 Supercars

After two Bathurst 1000 starts in 1993 and 1994, Ellery entered the ATCC full-time in 1996 with his eponymous team, finishing 15th in the championship. He then joined Longhurst Racing for the post-season endurance races in 1996, finishing 4th at the Sandown 500 and 3rd at the Bathurst 1000 with Tony Longhurst. He continued with the team in 1997, as the team expanded to two cars with a second Ford EL Falcon. After a falling out with Longhurst, he then raced a Holden Young Lions Holden VS Commodore, prepared by Gibson Motorsport, in 1998.
His time away from the family team proved to be short-lived with Ellery again choosing to team up with his father Bruce from 1999 onwards, the team contesting a partial campaign of the championship with backing from family company Chelgrave Contracting. Ellery did however take a pole position at the non-championship event supporting the Gold Coast Indy 300. Ellery joined Dick Johnson Racing for the 1999 endurance events, now part of the championship, and co-driver Paul Radisich was leading the 1999 FAI 1000 with under 20 laps to go before a flat tyre put them out of the race.
In 2000 Ellery, now with Supercheap Auto backing, won the second race of the Sandown round, what proved to be his only championship race victory. Ellery continued with his team until 2004, with a best finish of 9th in the championship in 2001. The team's highlight was a double podium for Ellery and Luke Youlden at the two major endurance races in 2003, second at Sandown and third at Bathurst. In 2005, Ellery was selected to partner Craig Lowndes at Triple Eight Race Engineering in a two-year deal. While Lowndes mounted a championship challenge, Ellery only finished 13th in the championship with one podium at the 2005 Bathurst 1000. He was replaced after only one year for 2006 by Jamie Whincup and never returned as a full-time driver in the series.
Over the next three years, Ellery drove with Paul Morris Motorsport and Garry Rogers Motorsport as an endurance co-driver before stepping away from the sport.

### Other racing

Ellery entered the first four rounds of the 2007 Australian Carrera Cup Championship before dropping out of the championship.

## Business

Ellery is the chief executive officer of his family labour contracting business.

## Career results

| Season | Series | Position | Car | Team |
| 1992 | Motorcraft Formula Ford Driver to Europe Series | 15th | Van Diemen RF91 Ford | Steven Ellery Racing |
| 1993 | Australian Formula Ford Championship | 6th | Van Diemen RF93 Ford | Steven Ellery Racing |
| 1994 | Australian Manufacturers' Championship | 4th | Ford Sierra RS | Steven Ellery Racing |
| 1995 | Australian Super Touring Championship | 6th | BMW 318i | Steven Ellery Racing |
| 1996 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 15th | Ford EF Falcon | Steven Ellery Racing |
| 1997 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 18th | Ford EL Falcon | Longhurst Racing |
| 1998 | Australian Touring Car Championship | 15th | Holden VS Commodore | Holden Young Lions |
| 1999 | Shell Championship Series | 35th | Ford EL Falcon Ford AU Falcon | Steven Ellery Racing Dick Johnson Racing |
| 2000 | Shell Championship Series | 21st | Ford AU Falcon | Steven Ellery Racing |
| 2001 | Shell Championship Series | 9th | Ford AU Falcon | Steven Ellery Racing |
| 2002 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 21st | Ford AU Falcon | Steven Ellery Racing |
| 2003 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 19th | Ford BA Falcon | Steven Ellery Racing |
| 2004 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 25th | Ford BA Falcon | Steven Ellery Racing |
| 2005 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 13th | Ford BA Falcon | Triple Eight Race Engineering |
| 2006 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 31st | Holden VZ Commodore | Paul Morris Motorsport |
| 2007 | Australian Carrera Cup Championship | 16th | Porsche 997 GT3 Cup | Sherrin Motorsport |
| 2007 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 48th | Holden VZ Commodore Holden VE Commodore | Paul Morris Motorsport |
| 2008 | V8 Supercar Championship Series | 40th | Holden VE Commodore | Garry Rogers Motorsport |

### Supercars Championship results

(Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Supercars results :
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | Position | Points |
| 1996 | Steven Ellery Racing | Ford EF Falcon | EAS R1 | EAS R2 | EAS R3 | SAN R4 | SAN R5 | SAN R6 | BAT R7 | BAT R8 | BAT R9 | SYM R10 | SYM R11 | SYM R12 | PHI R13 | PHI R14 | PHI R15 | CAL R16 | CAL R17 | CAL R18 | LAK R19 | LAK R20 | LAK R21 | BAR R22 | BAR R23 | BAR R24 | MAL R25 | MAL R26 | MAL R27 | ORA R28 | ORA R29 | ORA R30 | | | | | | | | | 15th | |
| 1997 | Longhurst Racing | Ford EL Falcon | CAL R1 | CAL R2 | CAL R3 | PHI R4 | PHI R5 | PHI R6 | SAN R7 | SAN R8 | SAN R9 | SYM R10 | SYM R11 | SYM R12 | WIN R13 | WIN R14 | WIN R15 | EAS R16 | EAS R17 | EAS R18 | LAK R19 | LAK R20 | LAK R21 | BAR R22 | BAR R23 | BAR R24 | MAL R25 | MAL R26 | MAL R27 | ORA R28 | ORA R29 | ORA R30 | | | | | | | | | 18th | |
| 1998 | Holden Young Lions | Holden VS Commodore | SAN R1 | SAN R2 | SAN R3 | SYM R4 | SYM R5 | SYM R6 | LAK R7 | LAK R8 | LAK R9 | PHI R10 | PHI R11 | PHI R12 | WIN R13 | WIN R14 | WIN R15 | MAL R16 | MAL R17 | MAL R18 | BAR R19 | BAR R20 | BAR R21 | CAL R22 | CAL R23 | CAL R24 | HDV R25 | HDV R26 | HDV R27 | ORA R28 | ORA R29 | ORA R30 | | | | | | | | | 15th | |
| 1999 | Steven Ellery Racing | Ford EL Falcon | EAS R1 | EAS R2 | EAS R3 | ADE R4 | BAR R5 | BAR R6 | BAR R7 | PHI R8 | PHI R9 | PHI R10 | HDV R11 | HDV R12 | HDV R13 | SAN R14 | SAN R15 | SAN R16 | QLD R17 | QLD R18 | QLD R19 | CAL R20 | CAL R21 | CAL R22 | SYM R23 | SYM R24 | SYM R25 | WIN R26 | WIN R27 | WIN R28 | ORA R29 | ORA R30 | ORA R31 | QLD R32 | BAT R33 | | | | | | 35th | 342 |
| 2000 | Steven Ellery Racing | Ford AU Falcon | PHI R1 | PHI R2 | BAR R3 | BAR R4 | BAR R5 | ADE R6 | ADE R7 | EAS R8 | EAS R9 | EAS R10 | HDV R11 | HDV R12 | HDV R13 | CAN R14 | CAN R15 | CAN R16 | QLD R17 | QLD R18 | QLD R19 | WIN R20 | WIN R21 | WIN R22 | ORA R23 | ORA R24 | ORA R25 | CAL R26 | CAL R27 | CAL R28 | QLD R29 | SAN R30 | SAN R31 | SAN R32 | BAT R33 | | | | | | 21st | |
| 2001 | Steven Ellery Racing | Ford AU Falcon | PHI R1 | PHI R2 | ADE R3 | ADE R4 | EAS R5 | EAS R6 | HDV R7 | HDV R8 | HDV R9 | CAN R10 | CAN R11 | CAN R12 | BAR R13 | BAR R14 | BAR R15 | CAL R16 | CAL R17 | CAL R18 | ORA R19 | ORA R20 | QLD R21 | WIN R22 | WIN R23 | BAT R24 | PUK R25 | PUK R26 | PUK R27 | SAN R28 | SAN R29 | SAN R30 | | | | | | | | | 9th | |
| 2002 | Steven Ellery Racing | Ford AU Falcon | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | PHI R3 | PHI R4 | EAS R5 | EAS R6 | EAS R7 | HDV R8 | HDV R9 | HDV R10 | CAN R11 | CAN R12 | CAN R13 | BAR R14 | BAR R15 | BAR R16 | ORA R17 | ORA R18 | WIN R19 | WIN R20 | QLD R21 | BAT R22 | SUR R23 | SUR R24 | PUK R25 | PUK R26 | PUK R27 | SAN R28 | SAN R29 | | | | | | | | | | 21st | |
| 2003 | Steven Ellery Racing | Ford BA Falcon | ADE R1 | ADE R1 | PHI R3 | EAS R4 | WIN R5 | BAR R6 | BAR R7 | BAR R8 | HDV R9 | HDV R10 | HDV R11 | QLD R12 | ORA R13 | SAN R14 | BAT R15 | SUR R16 | SUR R17 | PUK R18 | PUK R19 | PUK R20 | EAS R21 | EAS R22 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 19th | |
| 2004 | Steven Ellery Racing | Ford BA Falcon | ADE R1 Ret | ADE R2 Ret | EAS R3 Ret | PUK R4 18 | PUK R5 26 | PUK R6 24 | HDV R7 21 | HDV R8 26 | HDV R9 18 | BAR R10 17 | BAR R11 9 | BAR R12 8 | QLD R13 Ret | WIN R14 6 | ORA R15 17 | ORA R16 29 | SAN R17 22 | BAT R18 16 | SUR R19 18 | SUR R20 21 | SYM R21 14 | SYM R22 8 | SYM R23 10 | EAS R24 11 | EAS R25 33 | EAS R26 28 | | | | | | | | | | | | | 25th | 991 |
| 2005 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford BA Falcon | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | PUK R3 | PUK R4 | PUK R5 | BAR R6 | BAR R7 | BAR R8 | EAS R9 | EAS R10 | SHA R11 | SHA R12 | SHA R13 | HDV R14 | HDV R15 | HDV R16 | QLD R17 | ORA R18 | ORA R19 | SAN R20 | BAT R21 | SUR R22 | SUR R23 | SUR R24 | SYM R25 | SYM R26 | SYM R27 | PHI R28 | PHI R29 | PHI R30 | | | | | | | | | 13th | |
| 2006 | Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | PUK R3 | PUK R4 | PUK R5 | BAR R6 | BAR R7 | BAR R8 | WIN R9 | WIN R10 | WIN R11 | HDV R12 | HDV R13 | HDV R14 | QLD R15 | QLD R16 | QLD R17 | ORA R18 | ORA R19 | ORA R20 | SAN R21 | BAT R22 | SUR R23 | SUR R24 | SUR R25 | SYM R26 | SYM R27 | SYM R28 | BHR R29 | BHR R30 | BHR R31 | PHI R32 | PHI R33 | PHI R34 | | | | | 31st | |
| 2007 | Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | BAR R3 | BAR R4 | BAR R5 | PUK R6 | PUK R7 | PUK R8 | WIN R9 | WIN R10 | WIN R11 | EAS R12 | EAS R13 | EAS R14 | HDV R15 | HDV R16 | HDV R17 | QLD R18 | QLD R19 | QLD R20 | ORA R21 | ORA R22 | ORA R23 | SAN R24 | BAT R25 | SUR R26 | SUR R27 | SUR R28 | BHR R29 | BHR R30 | BHR R31 | SYM R32 | SYM R33 | SYM R34 | PHI R35 | PHI R36 | PHI R37 | | 31st | |
| 2008 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | ADE R1 | ADE R2 | EAS R3 | EAS R4 | EAS R5 | HAM R6 | HAM R7 | HAM R8 | BAR R9 | BAR R10 | BAR R11 | SAN R12 | SAN R13 | SAN R14 | HDV R15 | HDV R16 | HDV R17 | QLD R18 | QLD R19 | QLD R20 | WIN R21 | WIN R22 | WIN R23 | PHI Q | PHI R24 | BAT R25 | SUR R26 | SUR R27 | SUR R28 | BHR R29 | BHR R30 | BHR R31 | SYM R32 | SYM R33 | SYM R34 | ORA R35 | ORA R36 | ORA R37 | 40th | |

### Complete Bathurst 1000 results

| Year | No. | Team | Car | Co-driver | Position | Laps |
| 1993 | 77 | Phoenix Motorsport | Ford Sierra | Gary Gosatti | DNF | 62 |
| 1994 | 10 | Phil Ward Racing | Holden VP Commodore | Phil Ward | NC | 100 |
| 1996 | 25 | Longhurst Racing | Ford EF Falcon | Tony Longhurst | 3rd | 161 |
| 1997 | 45 | Gibson Motorsport | Holden VS Commodore | Darren Hossack | 6th | 154 |
| 1998 | 24 | Romano Racing | Holden VS Commodore | Paul Romano | 12th | 151 |
| 1999 | 18 | Dick Johnson Racing | Ford AU Falcon | Paul Radisich | DNF | 147 |
| 2000 | 31 | Steven Ellery Racing | Ford AU Falcon | Paul Stokell | DNF | 82 |
| 2001 | 31 | Steven Ellery Racing | Ford AU Falcon | Geoff Brabham | 7th | 161 |
| 2002 | 31 | Steven Ellery Racing | Ford AU Falcon | Luke Youlden | 9th | 160 |
| 2003 | 31 | Steven Ellery Racing | Ford BA Falcon | Luke Youlden | 3rd | 161 |
| 2004 | 31 | Steven Ellery Racing | Ford BA Falcon | Luke Youlden | 16th | 158 |
| 2005 | 88 | Triple Eight Race Engineering | Ford BA Falcon | Adam Macrow | 3rd | 161 |
| 2006 | 67 | Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden VZ Commodore | Paul Morris | 6th | 161 |
| 2007 | 67 | Paul Morris Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | Paul Morris | DNF | 145 |
| 2008 | 34 | Garry Rogers Motorsport | Holden VE Commodore | Greg Ritter | 16th | 157 |